Hyde Park (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,426 people in Hyde Park (Qld) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Hyde Park (Qld) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Hyde Park (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 34.0% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hyde Park (Qld) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Hyde Park (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 33.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hyde Park (Qld) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Hyde Park (Qld) 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hyde Park (Qld) were Australian 30.3%, English 27.9%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.8% and Italian 4.8%.

In Hyde Park (Qld), 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.0%, England 2.8%, Philippines 1.0%, Italy 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Hyde Park (Qld), 69.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hyde Park (Qld) were No Religion 25.9%, Catholic 25.5%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Hyde Park (Qld) 88.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 1.1%, Italian 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5%, Portuguese 0.4% and Vietnamese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 788 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hyde Park (Qld). Of these 65.2% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hyde Park (Qld), 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hyde Park (Qld) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Hyde Park (Qld) included Professionals 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 10.2%, Managers 10.1%, Sales Workers 10.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Hyde Park (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.7%, School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Tertiary Education 2.7% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hyde Park (Qld) was $650.

In Hyde Park (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 3.8%, Bicycle 3.4% and Bus 2.6%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hyde Park (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Hyde Park (Qld), 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hyde Park (Qld), 38.2% were couple families with children, 33.5% were couple families without children and 26.5% were one parent families.

In Hyde Park (Qld) 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hyde Park (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,673 and those without children was $1,941.

Employment status of couple families

In Hyde Park (Qld), of couple families with children, 33.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hyde Park (Qld), 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hyde Park (Qld), 52.9% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 34.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Hyde Park (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 9.1% had 1 bedroom, 42.6% had 2 bedrooms and 27.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hyde Park (Qld), 20.2% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 49.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Hyde Park (Qld), of all households, 56.5% were family households, 37.2% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Hyde Park (Qld), 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Hyde Park (Qld), 45.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hyde Park (Qld), there were 81 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 35 (or 43.2%) were male and 46 (or 56.8%) were female. The median age was 22 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Hyde Park (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Hyde Park (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,580.